# Dana Wiggins

> Turning ideas into reality (Senior Software Engineer)

Location: Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/danawiggins

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ StockX
Jan 2023 – Present

### Founder @ Seize
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
Seize (Techstars Seattle 2022 Company) is a platform where travelers can book a personal photographer so they can live in the moment. Our customers have quality images to look back on their experiences captured by our vetted photographers. Seize ensures our customers feel secure and confident that their memories are being captured while putting money back into local creative communities. 


I drive growth and innovation for 3 interconnected consumer products (Flutter mobile app, React web app, and React website) with thousands of users.  I lead an agile team of remote software engineers build and design a Flutter mobile application and serverless REST APIs to connect users with local photographers, process payment, and securely deliver photos from photographers to clients

### Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
I developed and sourced a Power BI dashboard to showcase the performance and reliability of new OS builds deployed and upgraded on Azure nodes. I was responsible for identifying and investigating common root causes affecting the fleet of nodes after modifications to the host OS.

### Youth STEM director @ Remnant Center of Excellence
Jan 2014 – Jan 2021 | Huntington, MD
•	Instructed seminars about programming in C to over 40 students that used this information to complete a random number generator project
•	Led a drone competition alongside a team of an electrical engineer and Army pilot
•	Coordinate youth related activities for over 30 students ages 13 to 17 including a Southern Maryland Aviation and Career Camp

### Software Engineer Intern @ Capital One
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
• Integrated 2 new data sources to an application health dashboard that analyze 8 compliance metrics from 6 data sources
and display an overall application health score
• Performed data validation, error checking, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of existing application databases
• Mentored and taught high school students beginner-level programming concepts through Capital One Coders program

### Electrical Engineer Intern @ NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greenbelt, MD
• Designed and created board schematics and layouts to adhere to the software design requirements for a CubeSat (small satellite)
• Ensured proper connectivity amongst electronic components used for telemetry by various teams

### Software Development Engineer Intern @ Zillow Group
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area & San Francisco, CA
DevOps Engineer Intern										                       May 2019—Aug. 2019
•	Developed a drift detection Python package to inform users of changes in real world infrastructure compared to infrastructure configurations
•	Created a standardized Gitlab pipeline for over 40 Terraform stacks to promote continuous integration & deployment
•	Improved an internal deployment tool’s user interface to utilize React components
•	Competed and won for the 2nd time in the company-wide hackathon with a team of 4 software developers

Software Development Engineer Intern								               May 2018—Aug. 2018
•	Designed and built 2 Java micro services to automate the email sending process for Zillow’s newest email campaign 
•	Migrated 3 existing email campaigns to a new framework comprised of several micro services that are responsible for sending all emails and push notifications
•	Assisted with software architecture development, prototyping, debugging, and testing

### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Maryland
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | College Park, MD
•	Lead a weekly 2-hour discussion section, exploring topics ranging within social and ethical dimensions of engineering 
•	Develop and draft lesson plans for the course along with 5 other teaching assistants and professor

### Community Assistant @ University of Maryland at College Park- Department of Residential Life
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | College Park, MD
•	Assist individuals with personal, social, cultural, emotional, and academic concerns while maintaining strict confidentiality
•	Serve as a positive role model at all times while providing internal and external customer service
•	Maintain security for keys and access control devices and proper execution of emergency procedures.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Engineering
University of Maryland
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### Chinese Language and Literature
Tamkang University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dana-wiggins

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Last updated: 2026-03-22